12BET India News: All you need to know about Lanka Premier League 2020

The inaugural edition of the 2020 Lanka Premier League, a T20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka kicks-off in Hambantota, with Colombo Kings beating Kandy Tuskers. A total of 5 teams named after Sri Lankan cities are participating in the event including Colombo Kings, Galle Gladiators, Kandy Tuskers, Dambulla Viiking and Jafna Stallions. Here’s everything you need to know about LPL 2020.

Venues:

All 23 matches of the 20-day event will be played in Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota. Initially, matches were scheduled to be played in three cities including Kandy and Dambulla but due to quarantine restrictions, the health officials in the country decided to stage the event in only one city to prevent the further transmission of the virus.

Format:

The tournament consists of two stages; Round-robin and Knockout. In the first stage, the five competing teams will play 20 matches. The top four teams will then advance to the semi-finals and the winning sides of the knockout games will meet in the final on December 16.

Squad:

Galle Gladiators

Shahid Afridi, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Amir, Danushka Gunatilleka, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Akila Dananjaya, Milinda Siriwardena, Azam Khan, Lakshan Sandakan, Shehan Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Mohammed Shiraz, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Chanaka Ruwansiri, Sahan Arachchi, Duvindu Tillakaratne, Chadwick Walton, Ashan Ali, Abdul Nasir, Waqas Maqsood

Colombo Kings

Angelo Mathews, Andre Russell, Manpreet Singh Gony, Isuru Udana, Dinesh Chandimal, Amila Aponso, Ashan Priyanjaya, Ravinderpal Singh, Dusmantha Chameera, Jefferey Vandersay, Thikshila de Silva, Pht Kaushal, Lahiru Udara, Himesh Ramanayka, Kalana Perera, Tharindu Rathnayaka, Navod Paranawithana, Qais Ahmad, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Laurie Evans, Karim Khan Sadeq, Dammika Prasad

Kandy Tuskers

Kusal Janith Perera, Brendan Taylor, Kusal Mendis, Nuwan Pradeep, Seekkuge Prasanna, Asela Gunerathne, Naveen-ul-Haq, Kamindu Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Priyamal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Priyamal Perera, Kavisha Anjula, Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Samarakoon, Nishan Madushka Fernando, Chamika Edirisinghe, Ishan Jayaratne, Irfan Pathan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sohail Tanvir, Munaf Patel, Dale Steyn, Kevin Kottigoda, Vishwa Fernando

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Jaffna Stallions

Thisara Perera, Johnson Charles, Wanidu Hasaranga, Shoaib Malik, Usman Shinwari, Avishka Fernando, Dananjaya de Silva, Suranga Lakmal, Binura Fernando, Minod Bhanuka, Chathuranga de Silva, Mahesh Theekshana, Charith Asalanka, Nuwandinu Fernando, Kanakaratnam Kapilraj, Thevendiram Dinoshan, Vijayakanth Vijayakanth, Kyle Abbott, Duanne Olivier, Tom Moores, Prabhath Jayasuriya, Sebastianpillai Vijeyaraj

Dambulla Viiking

Dasun Shanaka, Samit Patel, Samiullah Shenwari, Anwar Ali, Niroshan Dickwella, Lahiru Kumara, Oshada Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Paul Stirling, Lahiru Madushanka, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Perera, Ramesh Mendis, Pulina Tharanga, Ashen Bandara, Dilshan Madushanka, Kavindu Naveeshan, Sachindu Colombage, Sundeep Tyagi, Malinda Pushpakumara, Aftab Alam

Schedule:

Nov 26, 2020: Colombo Kings v Kandy Tuskers, 7:30 PM IST
Nov 27, 2020: Jaffna Stallions v Galle Gladiators, 7:30 PM IST
Nov 28, 2020: Kandy Tuskers v Dambulla Viiking, 3:30 PM IST
Nov 28, 2020: Galle Gladiators v Colombo Kings, 7:30 PM IST
Nov 30, 2020: Dambulla Viiking v Jaffna Stallions, 3:30 PM IST
Nov 30, 2020: Kandy Tuskers v Galle Gladiators, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 1, 2020: Colombo Kings v Dambulla Viiking, 3:30 PM IST
Dec 1, 2020: Jaffna Stallions v Kandy Tuskers, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 3, 2020: Galle Gladiators v Jaffna Stallions, 3:30 PM IST
Dec 3, 2020: Dambulla Viiking v Kandy Tuskers, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 4, 2020: Colombo Kings v Jaffna Stallions, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 5, 2020: Dambulla Viiking v Galle Gladiators, 3:30 PM IST
Dec 5, 2020: Kandy Tuskers v Colombo Kings, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 7, 2020: Colombo Kings v Galle Gladiators, 3:30 PM IST
Dec 7, 2020: Jaffna Stallions v Dambulla Viiking, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 9, 2020: Kandy Tuskers v Jaffna Stallions, 3:30 PM IST
Dec 9, 2020: Galle Gladiators v Dambulla Viiking, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 10, 2020: Jaffna Stallions v Colombo Kings, 3:30 PM IST
Dec 10, 2020: Galle Gladiators v Kandy Tuskers, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 11, 2020: Dambulla Viiking v Colombo Kings, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 13, 2020: Semifinal 1, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 14, 2020: Semifinal 2, 7:30 PM IST
Dec 16, 2020: LPL 2020 Final, 7:30 PM IST

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